March 7, 2013
To
1. The Hon'ble Defence
Minister oflndia,
Shri A.K. Antony,
9, Krishna Menon Marg,
New Delhi.
2. The Hon'ble Chief Minister
of Karnataka,
Bangalore.
Dear Sir,
Re: Aijaz Ahmed Mirza
It has come to my knowledge
that one Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, a D.R.D.O. scientist of
Bangalore, was sacked on the
ground that he was implicated in the Hyderabad bomb blast case. lt was reported
recently in the media that no evidence has been found against him by the N.I.A.
which has declined to file a charge sheet against him.
I would request to you look
into this matter immediately, and if it is true that
there is no evidence against
Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, he should be reinstated forthwith on the post he was holding before
he was sacked, otherwise a wrong message will be sent throughout the country that
Muslims are terrorists and are fair game for being persecuted and victimized by
the communal forces.
ln my Press Note issued
yesterday I had strongly criticized the false implication of
a large number of Muslims in
bomb blast and other terrorist attack cases.
Aijaz Ahmed was kept in jail
for six months, and according to his TV interview by
Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN- IBN
channel he was tortured and made to suffer all kinds of indignities in jail. Hence l
request you ensure that apart from reinstating him, adequate compensation is awarded to him
by the Central/State Government and an open apology is issued by the
Central/State Government to Aijaz Ahmed.
All this should be done at the
earliest, otherwise the secular foundation of our
country as provided for in our
Constitution shall be shaken to the core.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
(Markandey Katju)
